RBI Governor Urjit Patel was appointed to Financial
Stability Institute Advisory Board (FSAB) or Bank of International Settlement (BIS), an international financial
organisation owned by 60 membercentral
banks across world.

The Reserve Bank of India has decided not to pursue a proposal for
introduction of Islamic banking in
the country.

The nation’s financial capital, Mumbai for the first time hosts the 34th annual conference of the AsianBankers Association (ABA) which is
hosted by State Bank with the theme of ‘Asia’s
turn to transform’.

National News

The Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare has launched Daily Drug Regimen
for treatment ofTuberculosis (TB)
patients across the country under The Revised National TB Control Programme(RNTCP).

President Ram Nath Kovind launched or
laid the foundation stones of various schemes entailing total expenditure of Rs 3,455 crore in Jharkhand to coincide
with the state's 17th Foundation Day (Nov 15).

Rs 636-crore
'Mukhyamantri Health Insurance Scheme' launched in Jharkhand under which 57lakh
of the 68 lakh families in the state will benefit.

The Petroleum Ministry in
consultation with Public Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) has decided for preponement of BS-VI Grade auto fuels in
National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi from April 01, 2018 instead of April 01, 2020.

The Ministry of Railways has advanced
target for 100% completion of installing human waste discharge free Bio-toilets in coaches to December
2018.

India Road Assessment Programme (IndiaRAP) was unveiled by Global Charity to rate highways’ safety
levels and to eliminate the most unsafe roads.

The Food and Drug Administration has
approved the first drug in the United
States with a digitalingestion
tracking system, in an unprecedented move to ensure that patients with
mental illness takethe medicine
prescribed for them.

The Union Ministry of Power launched National Power Portal (NPP), http://npp.gov.ina
Centralized Platform for Collation and Dissemination of Indian power sector
information.

Union Minister of State for Youth
Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Col. RajyavardhanRathore released
the India Youth Development Index and
Report 2017 with an objective of trackingthe trends in Youth Development across the States.

The Indian Railways launched the country’s largest time-bound “upskilling”
exercise, ProjectSaksham for govt employees to upgrade
the skillsets of its 13 lakh-strong workforce with a single drivespanning nine months.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development
celebrated the Child Rights Week (Hausla
2017) from 16th to 20th November,
2017.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated rice field laboratory, 'Shri Narendra Modi
Resilient Rice FieldLaboratory' named
after him in International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos in Philippines during his
three-day visit to attend ASEAN-India and East Asia summits.

Air India has received a
loan worth Rs. 1,500 crore from Bank of
India to meet urgent workingcapital
needs less than a month after floating a tender in this regard.

According to the report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
the air quality of holy city Varanasi is most polluted among the 42 cities
monitored recently.

According to the ranking released by
the Germanwatch, India is the sixth most vulnerable country in the
world in terms of facing extreme weather events with Haiti, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Sri Lanka and Vietnam taking top five
positions in the fresh list of nations facing climate risk.

Regional
Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) were held in New Delhi.

Madhya Pradesh has partnered
with Nagaland and Manipur under Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat Yojana to
strengthen cultural relations among them.

The Union Govt has given go-ahead for setting up India’s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ)at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Maharashtra.

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a
three-day AP AgTech Summit-2017 in the coastal city Visakhapatnam.

The Two-day “12th North-East Business Summit”, organised by the Indian Chamber
of Commerce (ICC), with Manipur being the state partner, was inaugurated in New Delhi on Nov 16 with an aim to
explore the scope for business opportunities in the North-Eastern region of
India.

The fourth India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue held in New Delhi.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Aadi
Mahotsav, a fortnight long Tribal Festival in New Delhi with the theme "A Celebration of the Spirit of
Tribal Culture, Cuisine and Commerce".

The Union Ministry of Minority
Affairs had organised Hunar Haat at
India International TradeFair
(IITF) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) has bagged
an internationalaward from Abu Dhabi.

Urdu was declared second official language in Telangana. (Telugu
is the official language)

India’s first
Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was organised at Dantewada in Bastar region of

Chhattisgarh.

The 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Conference was held in

New Delhi with thetheme “Building Trust in the Digital
Economy”.

The 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) was held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi with the
theme “Startup India Standup India”.

The govts of Odisha and neighbouring West
Bengal conducted a joint security exercise named as Sagar Kavach to further tighten the existing coastal security
mechanism along the 630 km longcoastline.

International news

The WHO Global Ministerial Conference
“Ending TB in the Sustainable
Development Era: AMultisectoral
Response” was held in Moscow, Russia
with an aim to accelerate implementation of theWHO End TB Strategy - with immediate action.

The 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) begins at Kathmandu from Nov 14 with the theme
"Deepening Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
in South Asia".

Bangladesh’s
first Hindu Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, facing graft
and money launderingallegations,
has resigned a month after he went
on leave abroad amid a row with the government over a crucial Supreme Court
judgement.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held in Da Nang,
Vietnam with the theme ‘Creating New
Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future’.

Science & Defence

The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) has launched a
next-generation satellite called the Joint
Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) into space.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis informed that the Centre has given an in-principle
approval of 10,000 crore rupees
assistance to 107 irrigation projects in
drought-hit Vidarbha and Marathwada regions
of the state.

India’s fifth largest private sector
bank, Yes Bank has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Innovation Centre Denmark India
(ICDK India), a partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Reliance
General Insurance, a subsidiary of Reliance Capital, has
signed a comprehensive bancassurance-corporate agency agreement with YES Bank.

The Union Cabinet approved the setting
up of National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) to protect consumer
interests under the current goods and services tax (GST) system.

The Union Cabinet has approved
increase in carpet area of houses eligible for interest subsidy under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for
Middle Income Group (MIG) under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

The Union Cabinet has approved
signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India andPoland for Promotion of Civil Aviation Cooperation.

The Union Cabinet had approved
agreement between India and Belarus
on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for mutual benefit in the areas of
science, technology, agriculture, etc.

India and
Philippines have
signed four agreements in areas of
Defence Cooperation and Logistics,agriculture,
Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises-MSME and forging closer relations between
the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Philippines Foreign Service
Institute.

The India Expert Advisory Group on Measles & Rubella (IEAG-MR) has
commended India on progress of measles and rubella vaccination campaign.

Broadcaster
Turner International India and Gujarat-based Rajgreen Group have entered
into abrand partnership to set up India’s first Cartoon Network branded
amusement park “Amaazia” in Surat, Gujarat.

Life insurer PNB MetLife has signed a corporate agency agreement with Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait

B.S.C (BBK).

The Union New and Renewable Energy
Ministry has commissioned 1.5 MW Small
Hydro Power

(SHP) Plant in Biaras Drass, Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir.

Bharat Khandare
has become the first Indian-born fighter to sign with the
UFC.

Appointments

Chairman of
Bombay Stock Exchange - Sethurathnam Ravi

All India Football
Federation (AIFF) ombudsman - Bhaskar Ganguly

Awards

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will receive the 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development for his
leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and forenhancing India's stature globally.

India’s Manushi
Chhillar was
crowned coveted Miss World crown for the
year 2017.

Nicaraguan author and former
politician Sergio Ramirez Mercado
has won the 2017 Cervantes Prize,
the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor.

Sports

Shagun
Chowdhary bagged
a national champion crown when she won the
women's trap event at the